., they just and we're going to see some heavy rain in baltimore, washington, d.c., back through west virginia. flood watches are posted for this rain. marching up the eastern seaboard. all snow from buffalo back through western pennsylvania and some severe weather across parts of south florida. there's a massive, massive storm. as you mentioned, all sorts of wild swings. a difficult commute this morning and this afternoon. back to you. >> you could feel the difference when you came to work this morning. >> a big difference. >>> we move on to the race for the white house. the focus on south carolina, the gop primary just four days away, jeb bush brings in his big brother to take on donald trump. as trump doubles down on his attacks against bush, ted cruz, the entire republican establishment. mr. trump will join us live after this report from abc's tom llamas in south carolina. >> reporter: george, good morning to you. that crowd last night loved seeing president bush. voters i spoke to afterwards said it added a layer of legitimacy to jeb bush's campaign. but donald trump saying it's

chris took himself down when he did the george washington bridge. and when he's rated 50 out of 50 in jersey. new jersey is the 50th worse meaning it's the last. he shouldn't be talking like that. i'm surprised he would talk like that. because i know him. i guess he used to be a friend until this all happened. no, i think it's been just the opposite. i would be very surprised. he's got enough problems and he's doing very poorly in the polls. i'm surprised that he would have said that. my life has been a life of success, it's been a life of winning, it's been a life of making great deals. it's been a life -- i have achieved tremendous success in so many different ways. for somebody to say that, obviously, isn't doing really well right now is pretty unusual, i think. >> you'll be facing the voters for the first time tonight. we'll be talking to your sons in the next half-hour. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll be talking to you later as well. >> thank you very much. >>> donna brazile. and matthew dowd and when we see what's going on here, i

abc's pierre thomas is in washington with that story for us. good morning, pierre. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in a blunt press conference the attorney general accused the city of ferguson of stonewalling attempts to right the wrongs of a police department she flatly described as racially biased. >> all: this is what democracy looks like. >> reporter: this morning the justice department firmly agreeing with african-american residents of ferguson saying their complaints of unfair and racially biased police enforcement are, in fact, true. >> the ferguson police department's violations in particular were expansive and deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion. by arresting them without cause and by using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious, they were routine. they were driven at least in part by racial bias. department now suing the city of ferguson less than 24 hours after the city council rejected a deal to reform the police. >> i think the things that we've asked for are very reasonable. we're not t

both in washington and on the campaign trail. jon karl is at the white house with that side of the story. >> reporter: good morning, george, this is a battle that's likely to extend throughout this presidential campaign and into the first months of the next presidency. the battle over replacing justice antonin scalia came fast and furious. less than an hour after the supreme court announced his death on saturday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell declared the vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. senator marco rubio told george, the senate shouldn't start the process no matter who president obama nominates. >> within the last few months of the president's term we court justices. now the president can nominate whoever he wants. the senate shouldn't move forward until after the election. >> reporter: president obama called scalia a brilliant legal mind, made clear he would move forward anyway. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. >> reporter: they're

they're trying to keep warm in washington state. apparently the most googled search for a valentine's gift, bearskin rugs. >> really? >> in mississippi, romantic mix tapes. what is it, the 1980s? >> hey, i'm from mississippi. easy, easy. >> when is the last time you made a mix tape, robin? >> are we allowed to ask followups? >> massachusetts is looking for cooking classes. >> i think it was idaho or montana. adam and eve not romantic? >> yeah, not biblical. >> yeah, what was that about. >> i don't know. there's a lot of head-scratchers. montana was searching for lobster tails. >> i'm sticking with the mix tapes. when you made somebody a mix tape, that was love, baby. that was love. >> oh, yes, it was. >> it was. thank you, amy. >>> to lara with a look ahead. >> thank you, robin. >>> here's what's coming up on our "gma morning menu." lamar odom back in action. kanye west rocking the fashion world. all the details from the huge event last night. >>> our big "10 dates in 10 states" finale. one of these guys is getting a big date. which

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. >> reporter: nicole lovell's mom telling "the washington post" that police believe the 13-year-old met eisenhauer online. active on kik, a messaging app which offers users eisenhauer, a track star, his high school principal remembering him as goal driven and focused. >> it's just very difficult to i don't want to speculate at this point. just very concerned. >> reporter: the second student, natalie keepers, an engineering student who once interned at nasa, accused of helping eisenhauer get rid of the girl's body. >> i was really shocked to see her face as one of the suspects for the murder because i didn't know she was like -- she didn't seem like that type of person. >> reporter: her parents say lovell pushed a dresser up against her bedroom door before climbing out her window. thousands joining the search for her but, on saturday, police discovered her body 80 miles away in north carolina. neither student was charged with using a gun and neither has entered a plea but eisenhauer however making this statement, quote, i believe the truth will george. >>> let's get more on this from

>>> let's bring that question to jon karl in washington. you just saw that targeting that cecilia put up for bernie sanders. he's got to find a place to get some wins tuesday. >> reporter: that's right, and they see several possibilities on super tuesday to get some wins. you have bernie sanders' home state of vermont, neighboring massachusetts, minnesota, colorado, all states the sanders camp thinks they can win and single state for the democrats the delegates are awarded proportionally. even in states sanders loses to clinton he will still gather delegates. >> so hard to read. it's a relatively new caucus there but you got some firsthand evidence yesterday of the republican establishment really closing ranks behind marco rubio. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. you saw several united states senators, several congress -- members of congress, governors, former governors, all coming out and endorsing marco rubio yesterday. really quite a list including bob dole, the 1996 republican nominee. but, george, dole told me, i talked to him about this. h

officer ashley guindon responded in woodbridge, virginia, south of washington, d.c., respond to a call about an altercation at a home when shots rang out. this was on saturday. fatally wounded her and wounded two others. a suspect has been arrested. >>> violence erupting at a ku klux klan anti-immigration rally. in california. the group gathered in a park in orange county to protest illegal immigration. and muslims. they were confronted there by counterprotesters. members of the two groups clashed. three people were stabbed. 13 arrested. >>> and day two of the cease-fire in syria. the truce seems to be mostly holding. no russian air strikes since the agreement between the syrian government and rebel forces went into effect friday night. the terrorist group isis, not a party to the cease-fire, launched a surprise offensive in a northern syrian town and carried out a suicide truck bombing. say a drag race on a freeway in los angeles ended in this. a deadly inferno. three people were killed in the crash. one of the speeding cars lost control, hitting a big rig, sending the tractor trailer

. >> we have sent a message that we'll echo from wall street to washington. the government of our great country belongs to all of the people. and their super pacs. >> reporter: hillary clinton conceding defeat. >> i want to begin by congratulating senator sanders and his victory tonight. >> reporter: with bill and chelsea standing on stage >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matter, it's whether you get back up. particularly with young people. and here's what we're going to do, now we take this campaign to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> reporter: and clinton concedes bernie sanders managed to tap into a real sense of anger among voters but her camp is telling us this morning they are shifting their focus now to those upcoming states south carolina and nevada, robin, where they hope she can tap into african voters. >> cecilia, what are we hearing about these reports of a possible shake-up within the clinton campaign? >> reporter: well, for now, robin, there is adamant denial inside the clinton team saying

runners in washington, d.c., ditching the coats. all the cold weather gear. check that out. well, nearly nothing. this year's cupid's undie run. some runners admitted they could barely feel their legs. others said they put hand warmers in other strategic places. make up your own mind what that means. >> their shoes, for example. the run raises money for the children's tumor foundation. at game time. at run time, temperatures, imagine this, were in the teens. running in your underwear in temperatures in the teens. >> that's why the hand warmers in strategic places. >>> it's still not as cold as where indra is. >> she's tough. >> but she's also not wearing a bikini. or a speedo. >> what is she not wearing? >> where are you going with this? >> she may have strategic hand warmers. >> we have -- i'm grateful for the layers i have on. the danger is real out here. you're talking about wind chills here in central park, 20 below. how towards boston as low as 40 below possible this morning. there is another threat looming out there. let's get right to it. we have the threat for anothe

as long as washington is bought and paid for, we can't build an economy that works for people. two people had to rescued after a crash at 95 and charleston. chopper 13 bringing you breaking news fast and first... we watched the dramatic scene unfold this morning. two people inside a white pickup became trapped and had to be pulled out by rescue crews using the jaws of life. both people were put into an ambulance and taken to nearby hospitals. there's no word on their condition, but the crash caused a huge backup on both the 95 and charleston. join us for good morning las vegas tomorrow beginning at 430am... for the latest weather, traffic and breaking news... coming up - real housewife teresa giudice speaks out for headlines coming up in one half hour here's a look at today's top stories from good morning las vegas.. an overnight burglary at an >>> good morning, america. i voted for donald trump. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, america. i voted for bernie sanders. >> those are just some of the voters here in new hampshire primary. you see a polling place right now, t

dead on arrival and that replacing scalia should wait until a new president in 2017, writing in "the washington post," the american people, rather than a lame-duck president, should be afforded the opportunity to replace justice scalia. and among the attendees, vice administration. justice clarence thomas will deliver a scriptural reading. and at least one presidential candidate will be in attendance, senator ted cruz of texas, says he'll attend today. >> devin, thank you. >>> we want to move now to battle between two giants. the government and apple. apple still refusing to unlock a an iphone of a san bernardino terrorist. the battle, however, has now moved into the political arena and abc's eva pilgrim joins us with more on what's becoming a very fierce battle. good morning, eva. >> reporter: the fight continues -- personal privacy versus national security. tech giant apple versus the department of justice. both sides arguing over accessing the san bernardino shooter's iphone. this morning, neither side is backing down. in a new federal filing prosecutors slamming apple for publicly repudiati

abc's pierre thomas in washington has the latest for us. >> reporter: good morning, robin. while rallies in support of apple across the country off with both sides digging in, this morning, as you said the fbi director is getting personally involved in a very public debate. releasing a letter calling on apple to comply to help unlock the iphone of san bernardino killer, syed farook. we can't look the survivors in the eye or ourselves in the mirror if we don't follow this lead. fbi director james comey said, we don't want to break anyone's encrypiton. or set a master key loose on the land. i hope thoughtful people would take the time to understand that. but apple is taking to the air waves to challenge the fbi's reasoning. saying that the privacy and security of millions of his customers are at risk. >> no limit on what the government could require apple to do if it succeeds this way. >> reporter: to make the case, apple has hired ted olson whose wife died on one of the planes in the 9/11 attack and this is pandora box. we can't surrender our civil terrorists a victory. >> r

we want to bring in jonathan karl in washington. i know you're prepping for a big edition of "this week." thanks for taking a couple of moments out of your busy day. we want to first and foremost, exit polling shows clinton has serious issues. empathy. distrust. how does she repair that? if not, how vulnerable does she remain? >> first thing is to move on to where every single public poll since the beginning of this campaign has had her with a big, double-digit lead over bernie sanders. she's hoping back-to-back victories will put the distant she does have significant vulnerabilities. not just the ones you mentioned. also, she still hasn't connected with young democrats. still overwhelmingly in the exit polls, the young vote, under 45, goes significantly overwhelmingly to bernie sanders. she needs to find a way to get that obama coalition back together. she hopes by racking up wins, she can start doing that. >> let me ask about sanders. he, as mary pointed out, a pretty strong showing against minority voters -- among minority voters

she joins us from washington this morning. mary, good morning to you. >> mary, we don't expect the candidates come out and holding hands and singing kumbaya. we want to know who has the most on the line and the most incentive to come out swinging? >> i think donald trump and ted cruz are in good position in south carolina. they're going to be fighting on the trail and trump -- cruz laid off trump in the last debate. but i think he'll be looking to differentiate this time around. i think rubio has the most to lose or gain here, because his last slip was on the debate stage. now, he has the chance to prove himself again. >> he has said -- he has told his supporters, it will not happen again. as we know trump is coming in as the front-runner here, but mary mentioned just a few moments ago, mary bruce, that he's swearing off swearing. i just got -- i wonder, in a state that's heavily evangelical, is his use of profanity from the podium actually going to hurt him? even if he stops doing it henceforth. >> two things at work here. af

a car and an motorcycle collided near washington and jones. officers aren't sure yet who is at fault. the the motorcyclist was killed. the 19 year old driver wasn't injured. good morning las vegas is live every weekday with all of your weather, traffic and breaking news... join us-- four-30 to seven.. coming up ? a new important sleep report from the cdc! what state is the most well rested? and what state gets the least amount? find out next.. and how to improve the quality of your own sleep. gma is straight ahead. we'll be back in a half hour with more local news and < > the strip shut down this morning right outside the cosmopolitan hotel and down we're continuing to learn more about this scary sit one of the areas that i've been particularly interested in is the area of children. we intend to be sure that everybody in this room and every child in this state is somebody. no matter where they're born, no matter to whom they are born. i want to make sure that every child has a chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. i've spent my

of emergency to five counties and there are now more than 50 cases of the virus across 13 states and washington, d.c. abc's linzie janis has the latest. >> reporter: this morning florida preparing for the worst, declaring a public health emergency in five counties, there are now 12 travel-related cases of zika reported governor rick scott calling on the cdc to provide at least 1,000 zika antibody test kits for pregnant women to see if they contracted the virus in the past and thousands more kits to test for active cases. >> the mosquito that causes zika virus is common in florida. >> reporter: the spread of the virus a growing concern for the estimated 20 million tourists expected to visit florida in the spring break months and at miami international airport, hundreds of flights a day coming in from the 30 high-risk countries flagged by the cdc. over 100 of them just from brazil. this morning, 2 million people are flocking to the streets of rio for the start of carnival where now mosquitoes aren't the only concern for spreading zika. health authorities there saying a man was infected with the v

will echo from wall street to washington, from maine to california. >> reporter: hillary clinton, who won here in 2008, conceding but still confident. >> now we take this campaign to the entire country. we are going to fight for every vote in every state. >> reporter: john kasich now projected by abc to come in second on the republican side. >> there's magic in the air with this campaign. >> reporter: with ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio in a close battle for third. >> i did not do well on saturday will never happen again. >> reporter: two-thirds of voters in abc exit polls calling recent debates an important factor in their decision. >> i made up my mind this morning at coffee. >> reporter: it all came down to those undecided voters and a big turnout at the polls. with the last of my -- last-minute line of traffic to get in two miles long. and with the gop candidates now focused on south carolina, chris christie says he's going home to decide whether he'll stay in the race. kendis and reena. >> so many decisions that need to be made. we've heard hillary clinton possibly changing m

california up to washington state. snow and freezing rain in western new york. >> 30s in boston and new york. 50s in chicago. great falls and minneapolis. 60s in los angeles and atlanta. and 70s in albuquerque and miami. >>> well, two rare white tiger cubs are now calling australia home. the little cuties, look at them, just arrived 15 weeks old. arrived earlier this week from a zoo in japan. they don't have official names yet but are called red and yellow for now. >> because they look red and yellow. it's hoped that the sisters will world theme park. the tigers are born white when their parents share the right combination of special genes and that causes a lack of pigment in the fur. >> so it's a pretty good deal because australia zoo actually trades koalas to other zoos. >> apparently there are only 3200 tigers left in the wild. >> let's hope they're not that angry. >> simmer down. >>> coming up in the "insomniac theater," two new movies that might scare you. the reviews are coming in. >> we've heard of therapy pets

abc's arlette saenz is in washington with the details. good morning. the democratic president may be eyeing a republican for the supreme court. a democratic source tells abc news, president obama is considering nevada governor brian sandoval to replace the late justice antonin scalia. sandoval is 52. the republican has served as nevada's governor for five years. prior to that, he was nevada's first hispanic federal judge. he was appointed by president george w. bush in 2005 and unanimously confirmed by the senate. sandoval is considered a he supports abortion rights and implemented a controversial portion of the president's health care plan. issues his party opposes. floating a republican name could be an overture to gop senators who refuse any hearings on the president's nominee. >> my hope and expectation is that once there is an actual nominee, once this is no longer an abstraction, that those on the judiciary committee recognize that their job is to give this person a hearing. >> reporter: president obama is expected to make that pitch in person to

focus to the weather now because it could be a difficult travel day for many people trying to get from washington, d.c., to new england. >> slippery roads and delayed flights on this national weather person's day. i didn't know there was such a day. here's justin povick at accuweather. happy day, justin. >> reena, kendis, thanks. and good morning to you. we're following the potential for significant snow again on this friday. boston to portland, the potential for up to 6 inches of snow. new york city out toward long island looking at the potential for a couple to several inches, as well. again, howling winds are going to create some minor, if not some major travel delays as low pressure continues to work its way to the north and to the east. reena, kendis, back to you. >> i knew it was going to be cold so i wore my lumberjack shirt. >> i thought we were having a picnic later. >> you wear plaid to a picnic? >> just laid out there. out of their cars today. >> good job. >> justin, thank you. >>> lots of animals have made predictions about big events -- super bowls and world cups come to mind. this m

we start our coverage this morning with abc's mary bruce right in washington. hi, mary. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. well, this is a potential game changer in this roller coaster campaign. donald trump getting his first major endorsement from a card republican establishment just as he heads into super tuesday. his former rival showed up unannounced and dropped a bombshell on donald trump's campaign. >> we need a first class president, and we're going to have it in donald trump. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie this morning is lending his credibility to trump's runaway campaign. >> i can guarantee you that the one person that hillary and bill clinton do not want to see on that stage come next september is donald trump. >> reporter: they weren't always so friendly. >> we're going to do it. i'm going to get it done because i make deals and i get deals and i'm doing deals. >> reporter: now united christie and trump are taking aim at a common enemy, marco rubio. >> desperate people in campaigns do desperate things flailing punches in the last

. >> reporter: neal karlinksky, abc news, snoqualmie pass, washington. >> i've got a long list of ski dangers i like to recite. of. >> i love all that fresh powder. that's what i was thinking. >>> coming up, mail carriers are no stranger to danger. >> traditionally it's the occasional nasty dog. it was wild turkeys. that's next. was wild turkeys. >> announcer: "world news wait, oh, yes, wait a minute mr. postman, wai wait oh yes wait just a minute mr. postman >> postal carriers are lauded for their adherence to their unofficial motto. >> yes, neither snow, nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these carriers from their swift completion of their appointed rounds. >> but it doesn't say anything about wild turkeys. >> some people hear roosters. around here we wake up to gobble, gobble. cul-de-sac in hillsdale. if you shoo them they leave, right? >> no, they don't run. >> reporter: which is why we were here in the first place. >> i think that's ridiculous. it's silly. >> reporter: helen is talking about what happened after wild turkeys -- yes, we found them -- surrounded a letter car

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> now to michigan where police say they still have no idea why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six of them. investigators say jason dalton admits he took people's lives but during his arraignment yesterday, the uber driver said he would prefer t0 remain silent. hundreds of people attended another prayer vigil overnight. many thought kalamazoo was insulated from mass shootings. >> we know at any moment, anything can happen. anything can happen in any community. every community deals with the challenges of violence and the challenges of ignorance and the challenges of pain. >> the family of 45-year-old married father of two has issued a statement saying this type of violence has no place in our society. none of the victims had any >> camille cosby spent about two hours testifying under oath about that the sex assault allegations facing her husband. the deposition took place at a hotel in springfield, massachusetts. it's believed it's the first time she's answered questions about the allegations. she has agreed to come back

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. riot turns deadly killing at least 49 and injuring a dozen. it starred as a brawl between rival drug gangs in an overcrowded penitentiary. the prison has 3800 inmates. that's more than twice its capacity. authorities say no inmates escaped. the riots took place on the eve of pope francis' arrival for a six-day visit. >>> u.s. officials say the military is expanding the number of air strikes it is launching against isis. sources claim there have ever been about 20 american strikes against targets in eastern afghanistan. that's only in the past three weeks. those strikes took place after president obama authorized the pentagon to attack isis in afghanistan where its numbers are growing. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in munich working with other diplomats on stopping syria's civil war. early this morning they agreed on a temporary truce set to begin next week. kerry said the test of that truce is whether syria's that would set the stage for a full cease-fire as well as peace talks. >>> that would be such a big deal. >>> in new york city, f

. >> reporter: bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> no fireworks at all last night. the democrats in the meantime are sharpening their pitch to african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senator cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton made several stops across the state, as well to rally for his wife. they plan to make a joint appearance this evening. >>> as for bernie sanders, well, he insists he is not giving up on winning in the south. but he spent the day in ohio and michigan. sanders took part in a forum in flint to discuss the city's water crisis. he said he hopes americans will look at what happened in flint and say, never again. sanders will turn his attention back to south carolina later today when he returns for back back-to-back rallies. >>> new developments in the politically charged battle over the next supreme court justice. the republican governor of nevada says he's no

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> okay. when we come back, music's big night in hollywood. >> yeah, we're all about the grammys, the awards, the tributes, the moments and, of that's ahead in "the skinny."tt0w!t.*(=! %4@-,2( tt0w!t.*(=! el@-&5d tt0w!t.*(=! ed@- 7 tt0w!t.*(=% )8h-@i\ tt0w!t.*(=% kzh-]& tt0w!t.*(=% n-h-(o, tt0w!t.*(=% 0ph-6(4 tt0w!t.*(=% s"h-&zt tt0w!t.*(=% ueh-%8$ tt0w!t.*(=% 7hh-9:p skinny, so skinny skinny, so skinny >>> well, time now for "the skinny" and the only headline this morning is last night's grammys. >> it was a big night in los angeles. 58th annual grammy awards. there were quite a few surprises and more than a few upsets. one of the biggest wins of the night, mark ronson beat out hit "uptown funk." the song also took home the award for best pop duo group performance. >> taylor swift did prevail taking home album of the year for "1989," making her the only female to win top album twice. swift used her acceptance speech to encourage young women everywhere not to give up. >> during that speech --

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> new details in the search for the remains of those marines killed in a helicopter crash off hawaii last month. investigators say elements of dna have been discovered. family members of those identified have been told but the marine corps is not releasing any other information. marines died in a crash in ed what investigators said was a collision but it wasn't yet known if there was a collision. >>> we are learning new details about the death of that teenager allegedly murdered by a virginia tech student. an autopsy revealed nicole lovell was stabbed to death on the day she is disappeared. david eisenhauer has been charged. police say another freshman already charged with hiding the body was more deeply involved than previously thought. natalie keepers will face the more serious charge of being an first degree murder. a conviction could mean life in prison. >>> the denver broncos moved quickly to not let a player's run-in with the law distract from super bowl preparations. ryan murphy is a rookie member on the team's practice squad. he was questioned

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. >> the candidates faced an electorate in iowa deeply divided and frustrated with washington. while the economy has improved under president obama, the recovery has eluded most of the middle and working classes. new terror threats at home and abroad have increased national security concerns and ted cruz's victory suggests religious right still remains a formidable voting bloc. >> we'll turn now to our abc news political team and our reporter mary alice parks who has been following the sanders campaign. >> she asked his staff if his address was a victory speech and they said yes. and abc's mary alice parks checks in from iowa with your voice, your vote. >> thanks, reena, kendis. from day one, the bernie sanders amount of attention here in iowa. the thinking was a victory here could show the rest of the country that bernie sanders could be taken seriously and that hilary clinton was vulnerable. a few reporters were allowed upstairs to see bernie sanders watching the results come in. it was a personal intimate moment in his hotel room just upstairs here. he was with his wife and

david kerley, abc news, reagan washington airport. >> it only takes eight lithium batteries to bring down an -- burning batteries to bring down an aircraft. >> okay. my question about this, a, what's taken them so long to come to this point, to finally say, we need to make some changes to this? and how quickly is this all going to get fixed? would they're so dangerous, we're told, the faa tests over the past year show when they short-circuit, they can emit hydrogen and other gases that can build up all of this in the >> i wish i had taken an extra semester in chemistry class. >> to figure this out? >> it's a little too much. the big headline is, ban the batteries. a u.n. panel said that last month, ban the batteries. >>> coming up, the game show gaffe that's going viral. >> how one family answered the question, tell me another way people say mother. here was an outrageous answer that even cracked up steve harvey. >>> but first, countdown to valentine's day. some absolutely scrumptious ideas for revving up the romance. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" a

john donvan, abc news, washington. >>> and there's a lot of love in we want to introduce you to a new member of our abc family. >> meet kennedy charles muzyka, the latest production. isn't he adorable? a production of our broadcast producer tony and his wife marissa. seven pounds, nine ounces. healthy, happy and cute. don't they look like -- gorgeous. >> they look so happy. >> family. kind of smiling already for the >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> death of a legal giant. a political showdown is brewing after supreme court justice antonin scalia died in his sleep over the weekend. with the high court left looking to block the president from filling the empty seat. full coverage ahead. >>> disgraced former new york governor eliot spitzer is being investigated for assault for allegedly choking his girlfriend at the plaza hotel. spitzer resigned in 2008 after being caught in a prostitution scandal. >>> candy, flowers and one of the coldest days on record for -- in the northeas

gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> good tips from gloria. i had no idea they would reimburse you. >> whoa. ow. oh. look at that scared look on reena's eyes. >> because look who is in the driver's seat. the man who takes the subway. >> exactly. apparently have you to -- you slow down to help improve your reaction time when it comes to all of that, but -- >> well, that's the problem. i always speed up. >> once you hit the pothole? nice little roller coaster ride for many of your kids. they also say stop tailgating. that's me. in dry weather you should be observing the two-second rule, apparently, as well. but it's really tough for many of these municipalities. i was in quebec over the weekend, which has had some wild temperature swings, and, really, it was like being on a roller coaster ride on their highways. >>> when we come back, why ferris bueller. >>> and what comedian tom arnold "the skinny" is next.tt0w!ti"hz! %4@-4=l tt0w!ti"hz! el@->: tt0w!ti"hz! ed@-88d tt0w!ti"hz% )8h-xf8 tt0w!ti"hz% kzh-e)d tt0w!ti"hz% n-h-0@h tt0w!ti"hz% s"h->u0 t

the scene as far away as the washington, d.c. area. those are some of our top stories on this monday, february 1st. this is "world news now." >>> good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with decision day in iowa. we've waited awhile for this. >> we have. and the day is upon us. thousands of iowans will caucus today in the first election test for this year's presidential candidates. candidates on both sides have shifted into high gear cramming in as many last-minute events and rallies as they possibly can. >> so on the democratic side, the newest poll from the "des moines register" has clinton three points ahead of bernie sanders. that's a statistical tie. cecilia vega kicks off coverage with the democrats. >> stick with me. stick with a plan. stick with the experience. >> reporter: hillary clinton is fired up. >> please, come out and caucus, don't worry about the weather. >> reporter: bringing in reinforcements for the final push. >> please join me in welcoming, i hope, our next president, my mom. >> reporter: not just chelsea.

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gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> something a florida girl would do. >> i guess up in those parts it's probably a normal concept to say, let's just park on the lake. >> i would never do that even if it's like the north pole. >> yeah. >> the temperatures, by the way, were just slightly above 32. >> oh, my gosh. terrifies me. terrifies me. >>> coming up in our next half hour, sports with reena. talk about terrifying. highlights from the big game that only reena can provide. and we really do mean that. >> a segment that cannot be missed, folks. >>> but first, the other reason commercials. how do they rate this year compared to the past? and did we see the best ones before the game even started? we'll explain. you're watching "world news >> announcer: "world news now" >> favorite spot in the >>> favorite spot. favorite girl. are you ready >> you left me with the wrong daddy! >> comedian kevin hart as the overprotective father in a hyundai commercial. this ad titled "first date," the highest rated on "usa today's" ad meter. >> one of many commercials that took on a decidedly more jovia